{"id":23147,"date":"2016-11-08T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/aecom-expands-cumbria-team\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T07:27:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:27:44","slug":"aecom-expands-cumbria-team","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/aecom-expands-cumbria-team\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOM expands its Cumbria-based team with key appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"

8 November 2016 <\/b>\u2013 Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has expanded its team in Cumbria with two new senior appointments, who together bring valuable nuclear and environmental remediation expertise that will benefit clients across the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graham Beaven has joined the company as Associate Director in its Westlakes team. With 30 years\u2019 experience in the nuclear sector, Graham will be responsible for expanding AECOM\u2019s service offering in radioactive waste management. Graham joins AECOM from Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), the site licence company responsible for decommissioning the UK’s former centre of fast reactor research, where he was a Senior Project Manager specialising in radioactive waste management and safety, including operations, compliance and strategy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also joining the Westlakes team is Selena Pearce, who has been appointed to the role of Technical Director \u2013 Environment and Ground Engineering. Selena joins the team from AECOM\u2019s Manchester office. She is a chartered engineer with 25 years\u2019 experience in environmental engineering and waste management. Selena will be responsible for growing the company\u2019s local expertise across a range of environmental disciplines and ground engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carole Hastings, Regional Director at AECOM, said: \u201cGraham and Selena bring valuable skills and experience to our growing team in Cumbria as we look to expand our capabilities and service offering for clients across the North West. Their appointments augment our presence in the region, where we support private and public sector clients across a range of sectors with technical consultancy and project and programme delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AECOM has maintained a base in Cumbria for more than 25 years and continues to grow its local capabilities in response to its clients\u2019 emerging needs. Additional services delivered by the team in Westlakes include nuclear decommissioning, civil and structural engineering, architectural design, building surveying, construction delivery, asset management, and project and programme management. The company is committed to providing career opportunities for Cumbrian-based school leavers and graduates. There are a number of employees at the office who joined from local schools and are currently working towards chartered engineer status.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graham and Selena started their new roles last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Media contact:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Brierley<\/span><\/p>\n

Telephone: +44 (0)79 20533 198<\/span><\/p>\n

rachel.brierley@aecom.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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About\u00a0AECOM
\n<\/b><\/span>AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organisations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM had revenue of approximately $18 billion during fiscal year 2015. See how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com<\/span><\/a> and @AECOM.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-23147","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/23147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/23147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=23147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}